वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-98, verse-17

तस्य वाक्यस्य वाक्यान्ते वानराः कामरूपिणः ।
ऋक्षराक्षससंघाश्च समापेतुरनेकशः ॥१७॥

17. tasya vākyasya vākyānte vānarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ ,
ṛkṣarākṣasasaṃghāśca samāpeturanekaśaḥ.

17. tasya vākyasya vākya ante vānarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
ṛkṣa rākṣasa saṅghāḥ ca samāpetuḥ anekaśaḥ

17. tasya vākyasya vākya ante kāmarūpiṇaḥ vānarāḥ
ca ṛkṣa rākṣasa saṅghāḥ anekaśaḥ samāpetuḥ

17. At the conclusion of his statement, monkeys capable of assuming any form at will, along with numerous hosts of bears and rākṣasas, gathered together.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of his (Rāma's) (of him, his, of that)

• वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement (of the statement, of the word)

• वाक्य (vākya) - statement (word, speech, statement)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, in the vicinity of)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• कामरूपिणः (kāmarūpiṇaḥ) - assuming any form at will (assuming any form at will, shape-shifters)

• ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa) - bear

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - rākṣasa (demon)

• सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - hosts (hosts, multitudes, assemblages)

• च (ca) - and

• समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - gathered (they gathered, they met)

• अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in great numbers (in many ways, in great numbers, manifoldly)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of his (Rāma's) (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to Rāma.

वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement (of the statement, of the word)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

From root vac (to speak), with suffix -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Rāma's statement.

वाक्य (vākya) - statement (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

From root vac (to speak), with suffix -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound vākyānte (vākya + ante).

अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, in the vicinity of)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit

Note: Forms vākyānte with vākya.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

Note: Subject of samāpetuḥ.

कामरूपिणः (kāmarūpiṇaḥ) - assuming any form at will (assuming any form at will, shape-shifters)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmarūpin

kāmarūpin - assuming any form at will

From kāma (desire) + rūpin (having form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāma+rūpin)

• kāma – desire, wish, will
  noun (masculine)
  From root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• rūpin – having form, endowed with shape
  adjective
  From rūpa (form) + -in (suffix indicating possession)

Note: Agrees with vānarāḥ.

ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa) - bear

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛkṣa

ṛkṣa - bear

Note: First part of ṛkṣarākṣasasaṅghāḥ.

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - rākṣasa (demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a rākṣasa

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Second part of ṛkṣarākṣasasaṅghāḥ.

सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - hosts (hosts, multitudes, assemblages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅgha

saṅgha - multitude, host, association

From root han (to strike, collect) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Compound ṛkṣarākṣasasaṅghāḥ means 'hosts of bears and rākṣasas'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the subjects.

समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - gathered (they gathered, they met)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of āpat

Perfect 3rd plural active, from root pat (to fall) with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: From sam-ā-pat.

अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in great numbers (in many ways, in great numbers, manifoldly)

(indeclinable)

From aneka (many) with suffix -śas

Note: Adverb modifying samāpetuḥ.

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